CA1052478A - Mesure de la qualite d'eau s'ecoulant a l'arriere du tubage par la degradation spectrale par rayons gamma - Google Patents

Mesure de la qualite d'eau s'ecoulant a l'arriere du tubage par la degradation spectrale par rayons gamma

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Publication number: CA1052478A
Authority: CA; Canada
Prior art keywords: detectors; casing; undesired; flow; gamma ray
Prior art date: 1975-11-03
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired

Application number

CA264,059A

Other languages

English (en)

Inventor

Hans J. Paap

Ward E. Schultz

Dan M. Arnold

Harry D. Smith (Jr.)

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Texaco Development Corp

Original Assignee

Texaco Development Corp

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1975-11-03

Filing date

1976-10-25

Publication date

1979-04-10

1976-10-25 Application filed by Texaco Development Corp filed Critical Texaco Development Corp

1979-04-10 Application granted granted Critical

1979-04-10 Publication of CA1052478A publication Critical patent/CA1052478A/fr

Status Expired legal-status Critical Current

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- G—PHYSICS
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- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
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- G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
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- G01V5/101—Prospecting or detecting by the use of ionising radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity specially adapted for well-logging using primary nuclear radiation sources or X-rays using neutron sources and detecting the secondary Y-rays produced in the surrounding layers of the bore hole

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CA264,059A 1975-11-03 1976-10-25 Mesure de la qualite d'eau s'ecoulant a l'arriere du tubage par la degradation spectrale par rayons gamma Expired CA1052478A (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US05/628,169 US4032778A (en)	1975-11-03	1975-11-03	Behind casing water volume flow rate measurement using gamma ray spectral degradation

Publications (1)

Publication Number	Publication Date
CA1052478A true CA1052478A (fr)	1979-04-10

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CA264,059A Expired CA1052478A (fr)	1975-11-03	1976-10-25	Mesure de la qualite d'eau s'ecoulant a l'arriere du tubage par la degradation spectrale par rayons gamma

Country Status (3)

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US (1)	US4032778A (fr)
CA (1)	CA1052478A (fr)
ZA (1)	ZA765961B (fr)

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1975
- 1975-11-03 US US05/628,169 patent/US4032778A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
1976
- 1976-10-05 ZA ZA00765961A patent/ZA765961B/xx unknown
- 1976-10-25 CA CA264,059A patent/CA1052478A/fr not_active Expired

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US4032778A (en)	1977-06-28

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